Olry Worms de Romilly

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Olry Worms de Romilly (originally Olry Hayem Worms ; born September 19, 1759 in Sarrelouis ; died May 7, 1849 in Paris ) was a French banker . From 1826 to 1843 he was President of the Consistoire central israélite .

Life

Like his father, Worms de Romilly was initially a wholesaler in Lorraine. In 1778 the father of his first wife transferred his fortune to his descendants, which significantly promoted his business.

From 1790 he worked as a banker in Paris ; his third wife brought in a fortune of 20,000 livres in 1792 . A year later he lived at 44 Rue de Bondy . In 1796 he was involved in founding the Caisse des comptes courants bank . In 1796 or 1797 he acquired the castle of Romilly-sur-Seine and in 1808 changed his name from "Olry Hayem Worms" to "Olry Worms de Romilly". In Romilly-sur-Seine he founded a hosiery factory with a capital investment of 150,000 francs .

From 1801 to 1814 he was second deputy mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Worms de Romilly was one of the 111 representatives of French Jewry who were appointed to the Assemblée solennelle des juifs de France founded by Napoleon in 1806 . From this meeting in 1808 the Consistoire central israélite emerged. In 1826 Worms de Romilly was elected chairman of the consistory; he held this office until 1843.

In 1814 he was accepted into the Legion of Honor . In 1830 he acquired the Hôtel de Sechtré in Paris.

family

Olry Hayem Worms was born to Hayem Worms (1730-1812) and his wife Keile Levy (1738-1805). His brother was Léon Chaim Worms (1766–1839). Olry Hayem Worms married first Blimle Levy (1759-1784) and in 1792 in third marriage Flore Zacharie (1773-1821). From his three marriages, Worms de Romilly had a total of six children, three sons and three daughters. One of the daughters married the Baron Maurice de Haber (1798–1872), another Abraham Gustave Rodrigues-Henriques (1800–1856).

Olry Worms de Romilly was the grandfather of Henri Félix Louis Worms de Romilly (1824-1903), a French chemist and physicist, doctor of law and mayor of Le Mesnil-le-Roi , co-founder and president of the Société française de physique . Olry Worms de Romilly was the great-grandfather of Hippolyte Worms , the founder of the Banque Worms .

literature

  • Louis Bergeron: Banquiers, negociants et manufacturiers parisiens du Directoire à l'Empire (= Civilizations et sociétés vol. 51). École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris 1978. ISBN 2-7193-0458-1 , pp. 45–64 (reprint: Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7132-1285- 5 , online ).
  • Adrien Cipel, Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac: Des Français israélites. Une saga familiale du XVIIIe au XXIe siècle. M. de Maule, Paris 2006, ISBN 978-2-87623-518-2 .
  • François Lutsman: De l'émancipation à l'antisémitisme. Histoire de la communauté juive de Paris 1789–1880. Champion, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7453-1408-4 .
  • Thierry Clarys: Les institutions financières en France au XVIIIe siècle. SPM, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-901952-86-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Louis Bergeron: Banquiers, Negociants et Manufacturiers parisiens du Directoire à l'Empire . Éditions de l'EHESS, Paris 1999, ISBN 978-2-7132-1285-7 , pp. 45-64 ( online ).
  2. ^ Jean-Pierre Bardet, Guy Brunet: Noms et destins des Sans Famille . Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-84050-499-3 , pp. 52-55 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Philippe Bourdrel: Histoire des juifs de France. Volume 1, 2004, ISBN 2-226-14215-0 , p. 183.
personal data
SURNAME Worms de Romilly, Olry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Worms, Olry Hayem (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French banker
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarlouis
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1849
Place of death Paris